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Organisation of Production:
The main aim of production is to produce goods and services, which
require four essential things.
1. Land – and other natural resources like water, forests and minerals
2. Labour – skilled labour to perform necessary tasks and unskilled labour for
manual work
3. Physical Capital –a. Working capital – can be used in production for many
years , eg. Tools, machines and buildings
b. Fixed capital – Raw materials and money in hand
4. Human capital – includes competent and trained people who put together
land, capital and other factors of production to produce goods
Different types of production activities is divided into two groups – one is farming
- is the main production activity and the other production activities, referred to as
nonfarm activities include small manufacturing, transport, shop-keeping.
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Assignment 1
1. There are four requirements for the production of goods and services. What
are they?
2. What are the items that come under physical capital?
3. Write any one difference between Fixed and Working Capital? Explain.